Bill Clinton and Bon Jovi to Headline Cuomo Fund-Raiser

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo already has more than $25 million for his 2018 re-election with no serious declared opponents yet.CreditSam Hodgson for The New York Times

By Shane Goldmacher

Oct. 27, 2017

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo is throwing a big fund-raiser to celebrate his 60th birthday and he is enlisting Bill Clinton and Jon Bon Jovi to help him bring in campaign money for his 2018 re-election.

Chairs of the host committee for the Dec. 14 event are being asked to contribute at least $50,000, according to an invitation obtained by The New York Times.

For $50,000, donors will receive a “premier table” for 10, plus three tickets to a private reception with Mr. Cuomo. Co-chairs are asked to donate $25,000 for a 10-person “preferred” table that includes two reception tickets.

Individual tickets are $1,000 for “general seating” at the event, to be held at the restaurant Cipriani Wall Street, which once housed the New York Stock Exchange and describes itself as “a triumph of Greek Revival architecture.” There is also a $150 “young professional” ticket.

The governor already has more than $25 million for his 2018 re-election with no serious declared opponents yet. But he has always been a voracious fund-raiser and is maintaining an aggressive fund-raising schedule, including a swing through California, where he raised money earlier this year.

Mr. Cuomo is a rumored possible Democratic candidate for president in 2020, but the money he is raising is restricted to his campaign for a third term.

Mr. Bon Jovi and Mr. Cuomo have worked together before for a political cause: the 2015 push to raise New York’s minimum wage. Mr. Cuomo has long been an ally of the Clintons, working for Mr. Clinton as housing secretary in the 1990s and helping raise money for Hillary Clinton’s presidential campaign last year.

The governor’s campaign did not immediately respond to a request for comment.

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